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Asia

Mega-cities, mountain corridors, island chains, desert routes and old trade paths. Asia works best when browsed by east, south, southeast, central and western routes.

How Asia fits together

Early routesAsia has long-running regional routes, ports, inland corridors and cultural centers.

Modern travelAir links, city hubs and regional gateways shape how visitors move today.

TodayAsia works best as practical country groups rather than one long alphabetical list.

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Countries / areas44

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Listed countries / areas44 countries

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Route logic

East: Dense city routes, rail corridors and island capitals.
South: Himalayan edges, Indian Ocean routes and large cultural circuits.
Southeast: Tropical islands, river capitals and short regional flights.
Central: Steppe, Silk Road cities and mountain crossings.
West: Gulf hubs, Levant routes and desert city breaks.

Countries by region

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Kazakhstan	Central Asia	20.4M	2,724,900 km2
Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	7.3M	199,951 km2
Tajikistan	Central Asia	10.5M	143,100 km2
Turkmenistan	Central Asia	7.1M	488,100 km2
Uzbekistan	Central Asia	37.9M	448,978 km2
China	East Asia	1.4B	9,596,960 km2	-39.2%
Japan	East Asia	123.2M	377,975 km2	-46.3%
Mongolia	East Asia	3.5M	1,564,116 km2
North Korea	East Asia	26M	120,538 km2
South Korea	East Asia	51.2M	100,210 km2	-33.6%
Taiwan	East Asia	23.3M	36,193 km2	-58.8%
Afghanistan	South Asia	43.8M	652,230 km2
Bangladesh	South Asia	169.8M	147,570 km2
Bhutan	South Asia	784k	38,394 km2
India	South Asia	1.4B	3,287,263 km2	-54.8%
Maldives	South Asia	515k	298 km2
Nepal	South Asia	29.9M	147,181 km2
Pakistan	South Asia	241.5M	881,913 km2	-35.0%
Sri Lanka	South Asia	21.8M	65,610 km2
Brunei	Southeast Asia	456k	5,765 km2
Cambodia	Southeast Asia	17.6M	181,035 km2
Indonesia	Southeast Asia	284.4M	1,904,569 km2	-56.2%
Laos	Southeast Asia	7.6M	236,800 km2
Malaysia	Southeast Asia	34.2M	329,847 km2	-48.1%
Myanmar	Southeast Asia	51.3M	676,578 km2
Philippines	Southeast Asia	114.1M	300,000 km2	-50.0%
Singapore	Southeast Asia	6.1M	733 km2	-10.7%
Thailand	Southeast Asia	65.9M	513,120 km2	-30.8%
Timor-Leste	Southeast Asia	1.4M	14,919 km2
Vietnam	Southeast Asia	101.3M	331,212 km2	-47.7%
Bahrain	Western Asia	1.6M	765 km2	-22.1%
Iran	Western Asia	86M	1,648,195 km2
Iraq	Western Asia	46.1M	438,317 km2
Israel	Western Asia	10.1M	20,770 km2	-18.6%
Jordan	Western Asia	11.7M	89,342 km2	-39.1%
Kuwait	Western Asia	4.9M	17,818 km2	-21.5%
Lebanon	Western Asia	5.5M	10,452 km2	-7.4%
Oman	Western Asia	5.3M	309,500 km2	-31.4%
Palestine	Western Asia	5.5M	6,020 km2
Qatar	Western Asia	3.2M	11,571 km2	-28.8%
Saudi Arabia	Western Asia	35.3M	2,149,690 km2	-12.5%
Syria	Western Asia	25.6M	185,180 km2
United Arab Emirates	Western Asia	11.3M	83,600 km2	-15.4%
Yemen	Western Asia	32.7M	527,968 km2